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So, I'm far from a lawyer, but I'm looking at https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/fact-sheets/71-flsa-internships and I wonder how this is legal, understanding that unpaid internships are woefully under-enforced. There's several points on the test listed on that page that I feel like IAC would have a h...

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Arthur.Ramsay wrote: ↑
Wed Jul 08, 2020 7:31 pm
This program is for fully-remote, unpaid internships

Unpaid labor is bad.

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Reserving this post

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I'm pleased to announce that I'm working on a basketball vanity side event. The questions will be similar to the basketball questions in my Wodern Morld packet from 2014. I have been informed by one or possibly even two people that they enjoyed these questions. You should expect a focus on whimsy an...

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Before doing a backend fix, know that there is an Alex Malone from Hinsdale Central with a stat line in 2017.

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Has ACF considered extending 2021 Nats eligibility for graduating students who qualified the previous year? I completely understand this decision, but as someone who worked very hard to build a team that could qualify for Nats, I'm quite annoyed that we won't get to play a national championship tog...

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FYI you can't sign up to just be a donor; you have to select at least one session. Oops, good catch. Just sign up for Taylor's packet since that's the most popular and we're running five rooms no matter what 😂 no compulsion to attend! I just hit one, forget which. Just hit me up with donation detai...

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FYI you can't sign up to just be a donor; you have to select at least one session.

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Is NAQT able to share any news on HSNCT’s status?

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Frankly I think you'd get very, very few sign ups for anything resembling this idea, including from my team. The whole point of nationals is to play against other people in real time. Your suggested format would allow for none of that. Also with regards to national organizations saving their sets f...

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Hello. It’s that anniversary. Some people will get annoyed that this is being brought up today, because that’s what happened the past year or two. The reason I’m posting isn’t to trash the most notable cheater associated with March 20; that’s been done enough, and as much as he deserved it, he has l...

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I am sorry to announce that the 2020 IQBT NASAT is canceled. We plan on hosting NASAT in 2021, at Ohio State if the scheduling works out with them and they would like to have us again.

I apologize to everyone for the inconvenience.

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Ike wrote: ↑
Fri Mar 13, 2020 7:30 pm

Mike Bentley wrote: ↑
Fri Mar 13, 2020 12:29 pm
I'm a little skeptical of someone like Ike representing himself as a non-top player at any point in college.
I played 2009 Nats as a high school student, and the posts I've made are about that experience specifically.

You were also among the best high school players ever.

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Another limiting factor with any tournament that hopes to reschedule and their ability to do so is all of the other things out there hoping to reschedule as well.

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As of today, March 9, IQBT's first statement regarding the status of NASAT due to the coronavirus outbreak can be found here: viewtopic.php?f=2&t=23873

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Hello everyone, As we all know at this point, the spread of SARS-CoV-2 and its associated disease, COVID-19, is a major news story internationally. There’s a lot of concern about its impact, now and moving forward. It'd be wonderful to have definitive answers at this point, the situation is very flu...

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(This post is not directed at Emily in particular. It’s also pretty cranky.) Can we stop obsessing and mythologizing over this crap? All of the good stories have been told a zillion times by now, and you can read the anecdotes off of an overlong/injoke-y QBWiki page. There are so many other good qu...

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Any word on this?

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There were 23 teams at last year’s NASAT. Only one was a west coast team. There were 29 teams teams at the previous NASAT. Two were west coast teams, three if you count China. Specifically for NASAT, the west coast is not a feasible option at this point due to a lack of teams.

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Context matters a lot as to the difficulty of a bonus part. Some of this is based off of difficulty level, and some of it is based off of clue selection. You could make someone like George Washington a hard part at any level. I feel like this undermines the value of these hypothetical markings. How...

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Context matters a lot as to the difficulty of a bonus part. Some of this is based off of difficulty level, and some of it is based off of clue selection. You could make someone like George Washington a hard part at any level. I feel like this undermines the value of these hypothetical markings.

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registered teams listed here

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PLEASE NOTE: THIS TOURNAMENT HAS BEEN CANCELED International Quiz Bowl Tournaments (IQBT) is pleased to announce the 2020 National All-Star Academic Tournament (NASAT). This will be the eleventh NASAT. NASAT will be hosted on Saturday, June 20 and Sunday, June 21 at the Ohio State University. The t...

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NASAT will be held at Ohio State the weekend of June 20. A full announcement will be posted this week, unless I’m completely buried alive by my day job.

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A host had been picked up they’re having issues reserving rooms. They have a deadline later this month to get rooms by. If they don’t, then I have a back up lined up (that isn’t Lexington).

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I think it’s also important to remember that we’re taking about someone who is approximately twelve years old. I’m not saying a punishment is unnecessary, but I do think it’s worth considering this.

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I misunderstood the situation. My apologies.

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You're posting at 6:46 p.m. Teams were to be there at 8:40 a.m. At some point, it's not leaving early, it's just leaving.

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Hi Arthur,

We presently do not write beyond the NASAT. Either email should work, though I can’t find any messages from you.

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If you study packets, assuming you remember all information within them, you should be able to convert a lot of tossups by the for ten points mark, and ten and twenty most bonuses. If it’s just the two of you, have a discussion about what categories interest you and divvy them between the two of you...

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https://www.jefftk.com/p/archiving-yahoo-groups should help

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I'm pleased to announce that Vishwa Shanmugam has been selected as the 2020 NASAT Head Editor. He will do a wonderful job producing this set.

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I've just emailed 30+ prospective hosts for NASAT. I hope to have a site announced by the end of the year. My goal is to not be in Lexington this year.

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I haven’t really felt like posting in this thread, but since Will continues to attack me in public channels, I guess I’m here now. I did argue against Will’s induction into PACE. I did this in a private forum. My biggest concern with Will’s admission to PACE was my understanding of an incident [non-...

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If you are interested in hosting, please contact me.

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Applicants have one more week to apply.

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I don’t think it is, but is it Lovesong by The Cure?

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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8c3US6bNwO0

I can’t place it but I can record a quick version of the notes.

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Right now.

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International Quiz Bowl Tournaments is looking for a head editor for the 2020 NASAT set. This will be an independent contractor position. As head editor, you will be responsible for ensuring the timely production of a quality question set with a small team of subject editors and writers. The head ed...

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International Quiz Bowl Tournaments is looking for a host for the 2020 National All-Star Academic Tournament's main site. IQBT can offer up to $1000 in compensation to the host. This compensation includes payment for requirements of using the facilities, such as room reservation fees or janitorial f...

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wolfram wrote: ↑
Mon Aug 26, 2019 12:52 pm
Are there still any plans for an online mirror?

Someone told me they were interested in hosting an online mirror and then ghosted on me. I'm hoping that he'll decide to get in contact with me again.

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The article is https://cmns.umd.edu/news-events/features/4470

The r/science thread is https://www.reddit.com/r/science/commen ... eveloping/

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I'm pleased to announce that Rutgers will be hosting a mirror on August 17th.

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If you would be interested in hosting an online mirror of NASAT, please contact me at [email protected].

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No luck yet but I'll see what I can do.

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If anyone needs anything for this weekend’s mirrors, please contact Jakob Myers. Hosts should have received the set already.

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I'm behind on NASAT things due to a variety of non-quiz bowl issues, but I encourage anyone with feedback to email me at [email protected] with feedback on moderators or anything else related to this year's NASAT.

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3 more mirrors have been added. Working on a couple of online ones.

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The King's Flight to the Scots wrote: ↑
Sun Jul 07, 2019 7:35 pm

AKKOLADE wrote: ↑
Mon Jun 24, 2019 4:05 am
There will be. TBA.
Any updates on this? I think we olds would appreciate getting practice on an all-category tournament before CO.

Sorry; a family member had a medical emergency the week after NASAT, so that & work has kept me busy. I will be trying to get this set up soon.

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